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Dictyoneura higginsii

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Taxonomy
Palaeodictyopteron higginsi was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Ravenhead Railway cutting near St. Helens, which is in a Westphalian A interdistributary bay mudstone in the Lancashire middle Coal Measure Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Sherborniella.

It was recombined as Sherborniella higginsii by Handlirsch (1919); it was recombined as Dictyoneura higginsii by Bolton (1921); it was considered a nomen dubium by Bolton (1916); it was recombined as Sherborniella higginsi by Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Palaeodictyopteron higginsi Handlirsch pp. 125-126 figs. Pl XIII fig 6
1919Sherborniella higginsii Handlirsch p. 535
1921Dictyoneura higginsii Bolton
1922Sherborniella higginsi Handlirsch p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
superorderPalaeodictyopterida(Bechly 1996)
orderPalaeodictyoptera
suborderDictyoneurinaHandlirsch 1906
superfamilyDictyoneuroideaHandlirsch 1906
familyDictyoneuridae
genusDictyoneura
specieshigginsii()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dictyoneura higginsii Handlirsch 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Palaeodictyopteron higginsi (type locality: 123935)